The latest Canadian study confirms yet again that legalization of cannabis did NOT actually cause carnage on the highways like the fearmongers had predicted. And that is for a country that legalized the herb for everyone over 18 at the federal level, while individual provinces could set it higher (currently 18 in Alberta, 18 in Quebec until it was raised to 21 in early 2020, and 19 for all other provinces). Despite the generally lower age limits in Canada, these results dovetail nicely with those of most studies of the several US states that legalized it for people over 21.
And yes, the most recent study looked at Alberta (18) along with Ontario (19), both provinces whose legal toking ages are equivalent to their drinking and smoking ages. Neither province showed significant increases in traffic-related ER visits post-legalization, whether for young people or otherwise. Really.
In other words, regardless of the age limit chosen, cannabis legalization was NOT a disaster after all. So what are we waiting for? Let's do the Alberta model (legal at 18 for alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis, period) in all US states and territories. Yesterday.
